On Valentine's Day, 'Pyaasa' among Time's top romantic movies

Indian director Guru Dutt's fifties' classic musical-drama 'Pyaasa' has been listed fifth among Time magazine's Valentine's Day list of top Romantic Movies.

For the February 14 day celebrating love and affection between intimate companions, "Time.com has a list - from the songs you need to ease the pain to the movies that will sweep you up in a romance nearly as epic as your own"

In picking up 'Pyaasa', the Time asked: "Where did classic Hollywood go when it died?"

And itself answered: "To India, where the nation's pop cinema (Bollywood to you) still attends to antique conventions of family fealty, personal integrity and, of course, all-conquering love."

"In this achingly lush tale of a poet whose one true friend is a prostitute, director-star Guru Dutt creates a musical drama as shimmering and ethereal as the poet's verses, as sultry and earthy as Waheeda Rehman, the 20-year-old actress who became Guru Dutt's mistress and muse," Time said.

"'Pyaasa' means 'thirst'; if this film is your introduction to the glamour and heartbreak of Indian film, it'll leave you parched for more," it said.

Here are the top ten Romantic Movies:

' Son of the Sheik (1926)
' Dodsworth (1936)
' Camille (1936)
' An Affair to Remember (1957)
' Pyaasa (1957)
' Jules and Jim (1962)
' Chungking Express
' Moulin Rouge (2001)
' Talk to Her (2002)
' Brokeback Mountain (2005)